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Goggins, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Barnesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30204. The Survey maps it on the Johnstonville quadrangle.

Goggins within Lamar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

225 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Goggins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 715 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 22 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning143
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural12
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Arson/incendiarism16 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020LAMAR004
12 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lamar County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Goggins: 6 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Early Vaughn MineMicaPast Producer
H B Manrey ProspectMicaProspect
H S Worsham ProspectMicaProspect
Howard MineMicaPast Producer
Ingraham ProspectsMicaProspect
J I Taylor ProspectsMicaProspect
Means ProspectMicaProspect
Old Childs ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Lamar County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goggins in 2 storm reports in 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGoggins$4,000Emergency manager reported multiple trees down in Lamar, including a large tree blocking Van Buren Road near North Ridge Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGoggins-Emergency manager reported multiple trees down in Lamar, including a large tree blocking Van Buren Road.

Every storm recorded in Lamar County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Johnstonville1.3 miles10
Barnesville3.7 miles10
Powell (historical)4.7 miles10
Aldora4.7 miles10
Lamont (historical)5.1 miles10
Revere (historical)5.6 miles10
Liberty Hill5.8 miles11
Wilkinsons (historical)5.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356042. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.